ABSTRACT
The final stage of many programmes in higher vocational and university education is a fieldwork project. In such projects, students are asked to put into practice what they have learned by solving a specific organizational problem. To successfully carry out a fieldwork project one needs to have a number of skills, being able to:
Recognize and describe a problem
Organize the research
Communicate with people from different levels in the organization
Hold interviews, give presentations, listen to, negotiate with and convince people
Independently set up a fieldwork project and carry it out according to plan
Come up with solutions in co-operation with people from the organization
Implement the accepted solutions.
